Retirement Angels' Alan Higham talks to Helen Morrissey about how the RDR will affect his firm and the adviser community.
How are your preparations going for RDR? We already agree with clients in our initial conversation how they want to pay our fees, whether it be by direct payment or from a commission from their pension pot. We receive strong positive feedback from clients for this part of our interaction with them and it is one of the reasons they choose us to advise them. Our entire client advising staff will have attained Diploma standard qualification by the end of 2011, a full year ahead of the requirement. Following the acquisition of Annuity Direct, we have injected further working capital s...
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